Healthcare at a Crossroads: A Bipartisan Conversation on America's Future

Our distinguished panel will feature Sandro Galea, Washington University Dean of the School of Public Health; Timothy D. McBride, Professor in the School of Public Health; Lanhee J. Chen, policy scholar and former presidential advisor; and Melanie Fontes Rainer, former Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Together, these experts will explore the shifting landscape of American health care, examining emerging reforms, persistent inequities, and the opportunities for meaningful, bipartisan progress.

This conversation aims to move past predictable talking points and create space for thoughtful, solution-oriented dialogue at a moment of profound national change. The panelists will highlight areas of common ground while engaging honestly with the tensions and trade-offs that shape U.S. health policy today. 

This event is co-sponsored by the Washington University School of Public Health. 

Expert Moderator 

Sandro Galea is the inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the Washington University School of Public Health, Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health, and Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives at Washington University. 

Distinguished Panelists 

Lanhee J. Chen is the David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies and Co-Chair of the Healthcare Policy Working Group at the Hoover Institution, and Director of Domestic Policy Studies in the Public Policy Program at Stanford University. 

Timothy D. McBride is the Bernard Becker Professor at the Washington University School of Public Health and serves as co-director of the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research where he heads the Rural Health Policy Lab. 

Melanie Fontes Rainer is former Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and a national leader in healthcare policy, law, and regulation. 

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